The company claims the entire new MacBook Pro range is up to twice as fast as the previous generation. In addition to new processor and graphics chips, the latest MacBook Pro notebooks also feature high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology based on , larger hard drives and a new FaceTime HD camera.

Thunderbolt features two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to 10Gbps and can support standard FireWire and USB devices, along with Gigabit Ethernet networks via adapters. The technology supports DisplayPort and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays. The new Macbook Pro also includes an SDXC-compatible SD card slot, allowing memory cards of up to 2TB capacity to be used.

The 13in Macbook Pro has the same screen resolution — the 1280x800 pixels — as its predecessor, and once again comes with 4GB RAM. The 13in variant of the has a higher-quality 1440x900 pixel display.

The base model 13in MacBook Pro (2.3GHz i5 processor, 320GB hard drive) has a price tag of $1399, a price drop of $100 compared to its predecessor, while the second configuration 13in model (2.7GHz i5 processor, 500GB hard drive) costs $1698.

The new 15in MacBook Pro is available in two models; one with a 2GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor, AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics and a 500GB hard drive ($2099), and the other with a 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor, AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics and a 750GB hard drive ($2499).